Basileia ton Rhomaion, Roman Empire
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Properties
| ID | 226 |
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| System Class | Group |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
Relations
Actors (77)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrampakes Michael | Person | οἰκεῖος | Mentioned in the sources from April 1346 to May 1355. He appears as οἰκεῖος and δοῦλος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the documents. He was a kephale (governor) of Serres in 1346. His mother was probably Eugenia Abrampakina Tatadena. Michael Abrampakes allowed Georgios Batatses Phokopulos to build a watermill. He issued a charter on this occasion. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the permission granted to Georgios Batatses Phokopulos by Michael Abrampakes in the prostagma charter from April 1346 (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου κὺρ Γεώργιος ὁ Φωκόπουλος ἐδικαιώθε διὰ γράμματος τοῦ οἰκείου αὐτῆ κεφαλῆς τῆς θεοσώστου πόλεως Σερρῶν κὺρ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ἀβραμπάκη καὶ λοιπῶν ἀρχόντων τῆς βασιλείας μου καὶ τῶν ἐντιμοτάτων ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἀρχόντων, ὥςτε ποιῆσαι σύνεγγυς τοῦ μύλωνος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕτερον ὑδρομύλωνα). His former estate is evidently attested in the land inventory the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The monastery bought his possession (ἕτερον ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀβραμπάκη). He signed in May 1355 the contract of his mother, who sold a large shop to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. | ||
| Alexios Angelos Komnenos | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the inscription above the main entrance into the naos of the Church of St. Panteleimon at Nerezi from 1164. He appears as a κῦρ in the inscription. Alexios was a man of significant status in twelfth-century Komnenian society. He was a grandson of the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118). Alexios Angelos Komnenos was one of five children of a military aristocrat, Konstantine Angelos, and the youngest daughter of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, Theodora. The only written records of his activity are the dedicatory inscription in his church, and the documents of the Church Council of 1166. | ||
| Ananias | Person | Bishop | Attested in the possessor note on the fol. 247 of the manuscript Ottob. gr. 405 from the 12th century preserved in the Vatican library. He was the Bishop in Strumica. The possessor note (αὕτη ἡ θεῖα καὶ ἱερὰ βίβλος ὑπάρχει τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου ἐπισκόπου στρουμνήτζης ἀνανίου) does not mention any chronological details, when the book came in the possession of Ananias. Erich Trapp dates his occupation of the bishop’s office to the 14th century. Other scholars suggest that he was identical with Ananias, the Bishop of Strumica, who was active in the 16th century. | ||
| Anataulas | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from April/May 1346. It is not clear, if he was the son of the Sebastos Georgios Anataulas and the father of Georgios Anataulas. He possessed a part of the village Portarea in the Chalkidike, which was previously held by the Esphigmenu Monastery. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the property in the village Portarea to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in April/May 1346 (Ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς γενομένης κατατριβῆς καὶ ζημίας εἰς τὰ κτήματα καὶ μετόχια ταύτης καὶ δι’ ἣν ἐνεδείξαντο εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου οἱ τ̣οιοῦτοι μοναχοὶ σχέσιν καὶ εὔνοιαν, εὐεργετεῖ πρὸς αὐτὴνν τὸ πρὸ χρόνων τινῶν χρατηθὲν καὶ ἀποσπασθὲν εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὴν Πορταρέαν μέρος καὶ δοθὲν τῶ Ἀναταυλᾶ ἐκείνω). | ||
| Angelikudes Kallistos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | He is to be identified with Kallistos Kataphygiotes and Kallistos Telikudes. He was active in the second half of the 14th century. He was born around 1325 according to Koutsas. He died after 1377. He appears as a κῦρ in the charters of the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos. He was a Monk, man of letters and Pro-Palamite Theologian. He founded the small monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik. The Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos appointed him between March and May 1371 as father confessor for his fellow monks. The patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos declared at Kallistos’ request his foundation a starouropegial monastery in May 1371. He and his monks are mentioned in an unpublished document from the Batopedi Monastery, which was issued in the year 1377. He composed the treatise Hesychastic consolation (Ἡσυχιαστικὴ παράκλησις), which consisted of 30 sermons. He refuted no less than 2000 extracts from the Summa contra Gentiles of Thomas Aquinas, which he know from the greek translation made by Demetrios Kydones. He is the author of more than 220 chapters dedicated to the Palamite teaching. Most of them were later incorporated in the Philokalia collection. He also wrote hymns, prayers and of a letter probably to his disciple Makarios Kataphygiotes. | ||
| Armpenos | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in 1343 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He came from Chlerenos (Florina). He was a subservient of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan entrusted him with the task to negotiate with the inhabitants of Beroia about the surrender of their town. Armpenos contacted the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos and persuaded the assembly of Beroia’s citizens to join the emperor. | ||
| Asan Alexios | Person | δοῦλος | Mentioned in the charters issued by the Metropolitans of Serres from August 1365 and August 1375. κῦρ, οἰκεῖος and δοῦλος of the Serbian Empress Jelena (Helene). δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Paleologos. He was the cousin of the Serbian Empress Jelena (Helene). He was an assessor in the court summoned by Sabas, the Metropolitan of Serres. The court decided the dispute over a plot of land in the village Zetinon (Zintzu) and a Church of Saint George in favor of the Esphigmenu Monastery against the Kastamonitu Monastery. He signed in August 1365 the charter issued on this occasion (Ὁ δοῦλος καὶ ἐξάδελφος τῆς κραταιᾶς καὶ ἁγίας ἡμῶν κυρίας καὶ δεσποίνης Ἀλέξιος Ὁ ἈΣΑΝ). He was the member of the judicial panel summoned by Theodoros, the Metropolitan of Serres. The judicial panel confirmed the claim of the convent of Alopu on Mount Athos on the land Klopotitza. He authenticated the document, which was issued for this reason, by his own signature (Ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ἀσάν). | ||
| Asanь Tutko | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the two variants of the chrysobull charter confirming the donations of Hrelja to the Hilandar Monastery in the area of Štip and Strumica issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš and their mother Evdokija for the the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos from 1376/1377. He was a pronoiarios. He possessed along with Tutko Asanь the settlement site Štuka and a parcel of land. In the second variant of the inauthentic chrysobull charter is the land held by Laskarь Siderofai and Tutko Asanь described only as neighbouring the village Sekirnik (Selište Štuka i komatь zemlje što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьscïi Tut’ko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sekir’nika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta/ i zemlju što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьsci Tutko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sěkir’nika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta). A land near Strumica, the church of the priest Simona Prьkja and an area in its vicinity, which belonged to Laskarь Siderofai and Tutko Asanь, were the subject of a land dispute between the Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. An arbitration-comitee was summoned at the behest of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš to resolve the conflict. Danilь, Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica, Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska, and Stanko, the Pristav of the governor of Strumica, deliminated the boundary between both litigants in the presence of witnesses (o zemli konь Strumice i crkvi popa Simona Prьkje i zemli Laskara Siderofaga i Tutkově). According to the charter of the bishops a gathering of noblemen and people witnessed in the time of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan that the land of Tutko Asanь and Laskarь Siderofai did not extend as far as the village of Mokrievo and Mokrani (Tokožde i za zemlju Laskara Siderofaga i Tutkovu – ně bila u grьčkje d’ni s Makrijevom ni s Mokrani, i pri cari Stefaně znamo: uze gusa konje careve i ljudi izbiše, i posla carь da plati okolina priselicu, i izide okolina vsa, vlastele i hora, i rekoše prěd gospodinom caremь Stepanom: ničija od nasь zemlja ně, tьkmo Hilandarska, i dalь ju je Hrelia kjesarь Hilandaru, i imaju siju u hrisvuli cara Stepana). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrievo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords and the land of Tutko and Siderofaiev to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Makrijevo sinoromь, sь planinomь, zь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, s voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipurijami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, zь brodovi, i zemlju Tutkovu i zemlju Sideropsajevu). | ||
| Bardales, Markos Angelos | Person | οἰκεῖος | Probably identical with the poet Markos Angelos, who wrote the poem on Eros and other verses on the emperor. He was active in the middle of the 14th century. Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Batopedi Monastery from April 1348 and in the act of the Ecumenical Patriarch Kallistos and the patriarchal synod from September 1350. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in April 1348 the endowment of Markos Angelos to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of chapells, houses, fields and vineyards from his patrimonial property in the area of Zichna (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου κῦρ Μάρκος ὁ Ἄγγελος εὐκτήρια, ὀσπήτια, χωράφια καὶ ἀμπέλια ἐκ γονικῆς αὐτῶν ὑποστάσεως ὅσα καὶ οἷα εἰσίν). He was among noble witnesses in the case of hieromonk Niphon before the patriarchal synod in September 1350. | ||
| Belkos | Person | ἄρχων | Mentioned for the year 1350 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He was the ἄρχων of the Fortress Gynaikokastron. Ioannes Kantakuzenos designates him as a Serbian. He broke his promise to surrender the fortress Gynaikokastron to the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos, as soon when the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan came with the Serbian troops to Thessalonike. | ||
| Bladimer | Person | σεβαστός/Sevastь | Mentioned in the prayer inscription on the southern pilaster in front of the apse of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik from 1274/1275. He appears as a sebastos in the inscription. His brother was the sebastos Frangos. He commisioned probably the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik (δέησις τοῦ δούλου τοῦ θεοῦ σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου αὐταδέλφου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Φράγγου). | ||
| Borišica | Person | κτητόρισσα/Ktitorica | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos from 1299/1300 for the Monastery of Saint Niketas near Skopje and in the Serbian translation of the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos from 1299/1300 (or 1308). She was a landowner in Dobri Dolь before 1299 (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τόπον καλούμενον Τομπρόδολον διήκοντα μέχρι τῆς Ῥαδούσης μετὰ τῶν ἐν αὐτῶ χωραφίων τῶν καὶ ποσουμένων εἰς πεντήκοντα στρέμματα, ἅπερ εἶχεν ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἡ Βορισίνα ἐκείνη/I drugo město Dobri Dolь: ōpirajetь do Raduše, s nivijemь ježe 50 vretenь, eže jestь kupila Borišica) and presumably founder of the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Skopje. The Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos gave the church with the people, fields and vineyards to the Monastery of Saint Niketas near Skopje (ἐν ὧ δὴ καὶ προσεκύρωσε μονύδριον διακείμενον μὲν καὶ τοῦτο περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον τῶν Σκοπίων, εἰς ὄνομα δὲ τιμώμενον τῆς πανυπεράγνου Θεομήτορος καὶ οὕτω πως ἐπιλεγόμενονν τῆ̣ς̣ Β̣ορισίνης, μετὰ τῶν ἐν αὐτῶ προσκαθημένων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῶν εὐρισκομένων ἀμπελίων καὶ χωραφίων). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos donated the churc, the people on it with the fields and vineyards to the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos (U tomь Skopii drugaja crьkvi na ime Svetije Bogorodice, Borišičina, s ljudmi čto se ōbrětaju podь nomь i sь nivami i sь vinogradi). | ||
| Chlapenos Radoslabos | Person | Nobleman | Identical with Radoslav’ (Povikь?)? It is doubtful, that he is the same person as the župan Hlapen, who governed Konavle and the region of Trebinje. He died before 1385. He was a commandant of the Serbian military troops in Macedonia, 1350. He controlled a large area in Macedonia in the border region, 1357–1362. He was a relative of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He married Eirene Prelumpissa in 1358 (ὅθεν καὶ γυναῖκα λαμβάνει τὴν τοῦ Πρελούμπου ἐκείνου γαμετήν). He was the father of Helena. According to a manuscript note she was married to Marko Mrnjavčević (vь dьni blagověrnago kralja Mar’ka, jegda ōdade Thodoru Grьgurovu ženu Hlapenu, a uze ženu svoju prьvověn’čan’nu Jelenu, Hlapenovu dьštere). His second daughter was the wife of Nikolaos Baldubinos Pagases [Νικόλαος Βαλδουβῖνος Παγάσης/Nikola Bagaš] (ἀπὸ τοῦ πενθεροῦ μου Ῥαδοσλάβου τοῦ Χλαπένου). The third daughter called Maria Angelina Radosthlaba married Alexios Angelos Philantropenos. Mauro Orbini, a Ragusan chronicler from 16th century, who used older sources, mentions also a son of him called Stefan-Dukas (I maschi si chiamauno Duca & Stefano). He defected in 1350 along with Tolisthlabos from the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos (ἧκον δὲ καὶ αὐτόμολοι δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν· ὧν ἅτερος τῶν μάλιστα ἦν ἐπιφανῶν, κατὰ γένος προσήκων Κράλῃ, Χλάπαινος ὠνομασμένος, στρατιάν τε ἔχων ὑφ’ ἑαυτὸν οὐκ εὐκαταφρόνητον καὶ πολλὴν περιουσίαν· ὁ λοιπὸς δὲ οὐ τῶν πάνυ περιδόξων ἦν, πλὴν κἀκεῖνος ἀρχάς τε πόλεων ἐγκεχειρισμένος καὶ στρατοπέδων ἡγεμονίας, ὄνομα Τολίσθλαβος). After a while he switched sides again and joined most likely the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He captured Beroia before 1359, probably in 1351 (Οὗτος τοίνυν ὁ Χλάπενος, εἷς ὢν τῶν Σερβικῶν σατραπῶν καὶ τινα φρούρια ἐκ τῶν Ῥωμαï κῶν ὁρίων εἰληφώς, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὴν μεγαλόδοξον πόλιν Βέῤῥοιαν, μεγάλως ἐπὶ τοὶς κατορθώμασιν ἐσέμνυνεν). He witnessed the apparently falsified charter issued by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1355 for the inhabitants of the town of Kotor (Radosav Chlapene). He acted as a protector of the inheritance right of his wife and his stepson Toma Preljubović (Θωμᾶς Πρέλουμπος). Therefore he seized the Thessalian town Damasis in 1359/1360 (Τῇ Βλαχίᾳ δὲ φθάσας μετὰ τῶν στρατευμάτων καὶ φρούριον ἓν πολιορκία εἰληφώς, Δάμασιν καλούμενον, εἰς συμβάσεις μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Συμεὼν χωροῦσι, καὶ τὸ φρούριον τούτῳ παραχωρεῖ). He gave up the town of Damasis to Simeon Uroš (Συμεὼν Παλαιολόγος) on condition of arranging the marriage between Maria Angelina Komnene Palaiologina, the daughter of Simeon, and Toma Preljubović (Θωμᾶς Πρέλουμπος). He founded the Mesonesiotissa Monastery near Kastoria (καὶ ἂν κατὰ διαδοχὴν καὶ κληρονομίαν ἔλαβον ἀπὸ τοῦ πενθεροῦ μου Ῥαδοσλάβου τοῦ Χλαπένου σεβασμίαν καὶ ἱερὰν μονὴν, τὴν παρ’ ἐκείνου ἀνεγερθεῖσαν ἐκ βάθρων αὐτῶν τῇ ὑπερευλογημένῃ ἡμῶν δεσποίνῃ καὶ θεομήτορι, τὴν οὕτω πως καλουμένην Μεσονησιώτισσαν). Apparently his ring was found on a medieval necropolis of the Vodoča Monastery near Strumica. It bears an invocation (Izvolite raba Božija Hlapena). | ||
| Cholebiares Michael | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Χολεβιάρη κυροῦ Μιχαὴλ). | ||
| Chontetzes | Person | ἄρχων | Mentioned in the Chronicle of Ioannina under the year 1379. He appears as ἔντιμος in the chronicle. He was an ἄρχων in Kastoria, 1379. He came along with Ioannes Theophylaktos in 1379 to request Toma Preljubović (Θωμᾶς Πρέλουμπος) to take in possession the town of Serbia. Toma Preljubović imprisoned him in order to demand ransom for him (Τὸν αὐτὸν ἤδη χρόνον, Κυριακῇ πρὸ τῆς Χριστοῦ γεννήσεως, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τὰ μέρη τῆς Καστορίας τῶν ἐντίμων ἀρχόντων ὁ θεωρίᾳ καὶ πράξει χαριτώνυμος Θεοφύλακτος, καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὁ Χοντέτζης λεγόμενος· έζήτουν δὲ αὐτὸν αὐθέντην καὶ ἡγεμόνα τοῦ κάστρου Σερβίων. Αὐτὸς δέ, κυριευόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς φιλαργυρίας, ἐν τῇ φρουρᾷ αὐτοὺς). | ||
| Dukaites | Person | Nobleman | Probably identical with an adressee (PLP 5670) of a letter, which was written by Theodoros Hyrtakenos. Mentioned in the sermon of the Byzantine writer Theodoros Metochites, who undertook the task to arrange the marriage of the Byzantine princess Simonis with the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. He accompanied Theodoros Metochites on his diplomatic mission and reported the news to the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II. (ἄλλως τε καὶ πρὸς εἰδότα ἴσως καὶ ἅπαντ’ ἀκριβῶς ἀκηκοότα τοῦ καλοῦ Δουκαίτου· πρότερον ἐπιδεδημηκότος αὐτόθι παρ’ ἡμῶν...κἀγὼ μὲν αὐτίκα τὸν καλὸν Δουκαίτην ἐς βασιλέα· καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ οὕστινας οἶσθα, σὺν αὐτῷ πέμπομεν, Δαμιανόν τινα αὐτὸν οἶμαι ὄνομα μοναχὸν καὶ Τομπράιλον ἐκκλησιάρχην ἐνταῦθα τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις τετιμημένον τοῦ δεσπότου καὶ κατωνομασμένον· περί τε τοῦ παντὸς ἔργου κατεροῦντας ὡς ἤνυσταί τε καὶ πεπέρανται· καὶ καταλιπαρήσοντας ἐξ αὐτοῦ δεσπότου τὲ καὶ Τριβαλλάρχου, καὶ ἤδη παιδὸς φίλου τῷ βασιλεῖ, περὶ οὗ νῦν γε εἴρηται συνθήματος). | ||
| Filagrios Ioannes | Person | Archon | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He was an archon. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Φιλαγρίου κυροῦ Ἰωἄννου). | ||
| Frangos | Person | σεβαστός/Sevastь | Mentioned in the prayer inscription on the southern pilaster in front of the apse of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik from 1274/1275. He appears as sebastos in the inscription. His brother was the Sebastos Bladimer. His brother commisioned probably the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik (δέησις τοῦ δούλου τοῦ θεοῦ σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου αὐταδέλφου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ Φράγγου). | ||
| Gabalas Ioannes | Person | μέγαςΛογοθέτης(GrandLogothete) | Mentioned in the sources between 1341 and 1344. The title Protosebastos was bestowed upon him (1341-11-19 – 1342). He held the positon of Megas Logothetes, 1343 - 1344 and Megas Drungarios, 1341. He was a skilled orator according to Nikephoras Gregoras. In 1341 he was sent as an emissary to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan by Ioannes Kantakuzenos. Alexios Apokaukos convinced him to switch the sides by telling him that Ioannes Kantakuzenos was disappointed by his mission to the Serbs. He defected therefore from Ioannes Kantakuzenos to the party of Alexios Apokaukos and the Byzantine Empress Anna Palaiologina. He wanted to conclude peace with Kantakuzenos for a while, but Alexios Apokaukos discouraged him. Alexios Apokaukos promised him his daughter, but the marriage never took place. After falling from favour of the empress circle, he sought in 1344 refuge at Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, where he received tonsure. He was then moved to the Pammakaristos Monastery in Constantinople. After he had tried to escape, he was incarcerated. | ||
| Gabrielopulos | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from December 1347. He was married or related to Gabrielopulina. He owned one-third of the village Krusobos, which was previously in the possession of the Esphigmenu Monastery and taken away from the monks in the course of a cadastral survey. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the property in the village Krusobos to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in December 1347 (μετόχιον τὸ λεγόμενον Κρόσουβον μετὰ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἑτέρων πάντων δικαίων καὶ προνομίων αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν παροίκων, χωραφίων, ἀμπελώνων καὶ τοῦ ὑδρομυλικοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, προαπεσπάσθησαν δὲ δι’ ἀπογραφικῆς καταστάσεως αἱ δύο μερίδες τοῦ τοιούτου χωρίου καὶ ἐδόθησαν ἡ μὲν μία μερὶς τῶ Γαβριηλοπούλω ἐκείνω, ἡ δὲ ἐτέρα τῶ Φαρμάκη μετὰ καὶ τῆς Βυσινᾶς). | ||
| Helene | Person | κυράKiraDominaGospogja | Died between 1358 (Autumn) and 1364 (Autumn). She appears as κυρὰ in the inscription n the parekklesion dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the katholikon of the Saint John Prodromos Monastery near Serres. Her father was Margnaua (Orbini)/ Margna (Luccari), who was a poor nobleman from Livno in Hum. She had two brothers: Demetrios Blukasinos and Ioannes Unklesis. She was married to Nikolaos Radochnas. They had together two daughters. She was buried with her daughters in the parekklesion dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the katholikon of the Saint John Prodromos Monastery near Serres. The greek inscription placed on the western wall of the chapel relates about Helene’s and her daughter’s burial in the monastery (Ἐκοιμήθη ἡ περιπόθητος αὐταδέλφη τοῦ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου κῦρ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Οὔγκλεση κυρὰ Ἐλένη, ἡ ὁμόζυγου τοῦ εὐγενεστάτου κῦρ Νικολάου τοῦ Ραδόχνα. Συνετάφησαν δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ αἱ φίλτατοι αὐτῆς δύο θυγατέρες). | ||
| Hyperpyros | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the charter of Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, for the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik from May 1371. He donated a vineyard in Bitzanklaba to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον περὶ τὴν Βιτζάγκλαβαν, ὅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ Ὑπέρπυρος). | ||
| Iakobos | Person | igumenŭ/Игоуменъ | Mentioned in a written record from 1368 in а Tetraevangelion dated to the 13th century, which is kept in the National Museum in Ohrid under the signature number 75. He was the Hegumen of the Saint Clement Monastery in Ōhrid, 1368. He erected the Church of the Holy Mother of God Bolnička at Ōhrid. He donated the tetraevangelion in the name of the deceased Bishop of Slanitza Antonios to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Bolnička at Ōhrid (τὸ τοιοῦτον θεῖον ἅγιον εὐαγγέλιον ἦν τοῦ πανιερωτάτου ἐπισκόπου Σλανίτζης ἤτοι Πέλλης κυροῦ Ἀντωνίου ὅστις ὅτε ἦλθεν καὶ ἶδε τὸν ναὸν τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ὃν ἀνήγειρεν ἐκ βάθρων ὁ πανοσιώτατος καθηγούμενος τοῦ ἁγίου Κλήμεντος ἕταξε τοῦτο ἵνα ἀφιερῶσι τῷ τοιοῦτῳ θείῳ ναῷ, ἐπιδὴ καὶ ἐπίτροπον ἔταξε τοῦτον εἶναι αὐτοῦ ἔτι ζῶν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔφθασεν ἀφιερῶσαι τοῦτο ἔτι ζῶν καθὼς καὶ ἕταξεν, ἐσυνέβη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀποδοῦναι τὸ κοινὸν χρέος ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτοῦ, μετὰ τὴν τούτου κοίμησιν ἀφιέρωσε τοῦτο κατὰ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ ὁ καθηγούμενος Ἰάκωβος...μήνι ἰαννουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ϛʹ: † ἕτους ϛωοϛ †). | ||
| Ioannes (7) | Person | Deacon | Mentioned in the painted ktitorial inscription running on the cornice of the northern and southern walls of the central aisle of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir in the region of Mariovo and in the inscription on the reverse side of the icon of Saint George from the Church of Saint George in Struga. He was the deacon and refendarios of the Archbishopric of Ōhrid. He sponsored the restoration of the icon of the Saint George, which was kept in the church of Saint George in Struga (δῶρον τοῦ σοῦ οἰκέτου καὶ εὐτελοῦς Ἰωάννου τοῦ διακόνου ῥαιφερενδαρΐου τε ἀξΐαν ἔχων· γράψαντϊ σεπτῶς τὴν σὴν μορφὴν ἁγίαν ἐν χρωματουργήμασϊ ποικϊλοτρόποις ταύτην ἀνιστῶν ἐν Στρούγαις τῆς Ἀχρίδος. Ἰωάννης ἐκ πόθου τὴν δέησϊν ποιεῖται· ἐν ἔτει ςψοε ἰνδικτιῶνος θ ἀνϊστορΐθη διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωάννου ἱστοριογράφου ἐκ Νεαπόλεως). He supervised the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir, which was finished in 1270/1271 (Ὁ ναὸς γὰρ ἦν σμικρώτατος, σαθρὸς, ῥακοθεὶς δὲ καὶ διατετρωμένος ἀρραγῆς καὶ μὶ φέρων ὁρᾶν τὴν τοῦ ναοῦ σβέσιν ὁ πανοσιώτατος καθηγούμενος τῆς μονῆς ὁ κυρὸς Ἰωαννίκιος, ὁ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου σχίματος ἐπωνομασθεὶς Ἀκάκιος καὶ χωρέσας ὑπὲρ χρημάτων ἀναχωρεῖ τοῦτον θεῖαν εὐσεβῆς ἐπιχωρῖν καὶ ἐν ὑπηρεσία ἄγειν ὁ καὶ προκαλέσας τοὺς ἐν Χριστῶ ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ...ἅμα καὶ εὐθὺς χαλάσας τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀνήγυρεν ἐκ βάθρων τὸν πάνσεπτον ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ οραΐσας καὶ καλεῖ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν ἐν χρωματουργίμασιν πικυλοτρόποις καὶ ἐν βαθεῖ γνόμονας χεῖρας ταπινότατος Ἰωάννης διάκονος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κρίσεων τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς, καὶ...ἐν ἔτει ἐξακισχιλιστὸ καὶ ἑπτακοσιοστό τε ο δ, ἰνδικτιῶνος θ, ἀνιστορίθι δὲ ἐν ἕτι ς ψ ο θ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδ, ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου μεγάλου βασλέως καὶ αὐτοκράτωρος Ῥωμαίων Δοῦκα Ἀγγέλου Κομνηνοῦ Μιχαήλ τοῦ Παλαιολόγου καὶ Νέου Κωνσταντίνου). | ||
| Ioannikios (1) | Person | igumenŭ/Игоуменъ | Mentioned in the painted ktitorial inscription running on the cornice of the northern and southern walls of the central aisle and in another painted ktitorial inscription on the western wall of the northern aisle of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir in the region of Mariovo. He appears as κυρὸς in the inscription on the cornice of the northern and souther walls of the central aisle of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir. He was a priestmonk and hegoumenos of the monastery. He was responsible for the renovation of the Monastery and the Katholikon of Saint Nicholas in Manastir in 1265. He commisioned the painted decoration of the church, which was accomplished by John, a deacon and refendarios, in 1270/1271 (Ὁ ναὸς γὰρ ἦν σμικρώτατος, σαθρὸς, ῥακοθεὶς δὲ καὶ διατετρωμένος ἀρραγῆς καὶ μὶ φέρων ὁρᾶν τὴν τοῦ ναοῦ σβέσιν ὁ πανοσιώτατος καθηγούμενος τῆς μονῆς ὁ κυρὸς Ἰωαννίκιος, ὁ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου σχίματος ἐπωνομασθεὶς Ἀκάκιος καὶ χωρέσας ὑπὲρ χρημάτων ἀναχωρεῖ τοῦτον θεῖαν εὐσεβῆς ἐπιχωρῖν καὶ ἐν ὑπηρεσία ἄγειν ὁ καὶ προκαλέσας τοὺς ἐν Χριστῶ ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ...ἅμα καὶ εὐθὺς χαλάσας τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀνήγυρεν ἐκ βάθρων τὸν πάνσεπτον ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ οραΐσας καὶ καλεῖ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν ἐν χρωματουργίμασιν πικυλοτρόποις καὶ ἐν βαθεῖ γνόμονας χεῖρας ταπινότατος Ἰωάννης διάκονος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κρίσεων τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς, καὶ...ἐν ἔτει ἐξακισχιλιστὸ καὶ ἑπτακοσιοστό τε ο δ, ἰνδικτιῶνος θ, ἀνιστορίθι δὲ ἐν ἕτι ς ψ ο θ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδ, ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου μεγάλου βασλέως καὶ αὐτοκράτωρος Ῥωμαίων Δοῦκα Ἀγγέλου Κομνηνοῦ Μιχαήλ τοῦ Παλαιολόγου καὶ Νέου Κωνσταντίνου). He is portrayed with the model of the church on the western wall of the northern aisle of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Manastir. The ktitorial painted composition is accompanied by the inscription, which stresses the role of Ioannikios/Akakios as the second ktetor of the church (δέησις τοῦ δούλου τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀκακίου ἱερομονάχου καὶ καθηγουμένου ...ορεντος. καὶ δευτέρου κτήτωρος). | ||
| Ioannikios (2) | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the inscription from 1286/1287 above the northern entrance of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Melnik. He was a priestmonk. He erected the Church of the Holy Trinity in Melnik. He supervised the fresco decoration of the interior of the church (ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρου καὶ ἀνιστορίθη ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦτος τῆς ὁμοουσίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Τριάδος διὰ συνδρομῆς καὶ ἐξόδου Ἰωαννικίου ἱερομονάχου ἐπὶ τῆ ποληχρονίω χαρᾶ τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου μεγάλου βασιλέως Ἀνδρονίκου τοῦ Παλεολόγου καὶ Εἰρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης τοῦ ἔτους ςψϛε). | ||
| Isaris Georgios | Person | οἰκεῖος | Deceased by April 1374. He appears as κῦρ, οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources. He was in charge of Megas Drungarios τοῦ στόλου, 1344. Eparchos, 1348–1350. Megas Primikerios, 1366. Megas Konostaulos, 1367–1374. He was married to Xene Isarina. He had two sons (Michael Angelos Isaris and Theodoros Komnenos Isaris). His son-in-law was Georgios Stanisas. He was a wealthy landowner, who possessed several estates around Thessalonica. He was probably the student of Georgios Akindynos. He also corresponded with him. He was a supporter of the anti-Palamite party. When he turned his coat, he was criticized by Georgios Akindynos as a traitor. He was among the witnesses to the charter of protovestiarites Ioannes Dukas from September 1344, who rejected the claim of the revenue office on the part of the place Diabolokampos, a property of the Docheiariu Monastery. He joined in summer 1345 the proponents of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was nearly killed during the revolt of the Zealots. He met Gregorios Palamas on Moun Athos between September 1347 and September 1348. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the dependant peasants in the area of Hermelia, which belonged to Georgios Isaris. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos gave in December 1350 several landed estates to Demetrios Kokalas in addition to his oikonomia. He mandated Georgios Isaris with Manuel Chageres to execute the task. He had a 11 years lasting quarrel with the Hilandar Monastery. He required the sum, which Georgios Stanisas, his son-in-law, paid in order to obtain adelphata. When Stanisas died, Isaris tried to get the money of his son-in-law back. He did not even hesitate to forge documents related to the affair. He was a friend of Makarios Chumnos and probably sponsored his foundation of Nea Moni in Thessalonica. | ||
| Kallinikos (2) | Person | hieromonk/Priestmonk | Mentioned in the sources between 1310 and September 1327. He appears as κῦρ in the charters. He was a Hieromonk. He was a native Serbian. He was an experienced diplomat (ὁ πρεσβευτὴς δὲ μοναχὸς ἦν, Καλλίνικος κεκλημένος, τὸ γένος μὲν καὶ αὐτὸς Τριβαλὸς, εὖ δὲ εἰδὼς καιροῖς καὶ πράγμασι πολιτικοῖς χρῆσθαι δι’ ἐμπειρίαν). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin sent him as an emissary to the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos before 1318. He was also in the service of the Byzantine Emperor. He asked the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos before January 1318 to award the solder Manuel Garianos with a chrysobull charter. Andronikos II Palaiologos issued a charter for Manuel Garianos, where he guaranted the possession of Garianos at the village Euiane as patrimonial and taxless (Ἐπεὶ ὁ τιμιώτατος ἱερομόναχος κῦρις Καλλίνικος, ἀποσταλεὶς ἀποκρισιάριος εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου παρὰ τοῦ περιποθείτου υἱοῦ καὶ γαμβροῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ ὑψηλοτάτου κράλη Σερβείας, καὶ διὸ εὑρίσκεται ἐπιμελούμενος καὶ ἐνεργῶν εἰς τὰς δουλείας τῆς βασιλείας μου καὶ ἔχων ἀναδοχὴν καὶ διάθεσιν παρ’ αὐτῆς, ἐζήτησε καὶ παρεκάλασεν περὶ τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σερριωτικοῦ μεγάλου ἀλλαγίου Μανουὴλ τοῦ Γαριάνου, ἵνα ποριση̣ται χρυσόβουλλον τῆς βασιλείας μου καὶ κατέχη τὴν γονικὴν αὐτοῦ ὑπόστασιν εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὴν Ηὔνιανην). In 1320/1321 he negotiated in Constantinople about a secret alliance between Andronikos III. Palaiologos and the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin against the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos. The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ceded Kallinikos in September 1321 the small monastery of Saint Nicholas in Kamenikeia near Serres for use (Ἐπεὶ ὁ τιμιώτατος ἱερομόναχος κῦρ Καλλίνικος εὑρίσκεται ἄνθρωπος καλὸς καὶ τρέφων καθαρωτάτην εὔνοιαν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου καὶ ἐπιμελούμενος εἰς τὰς δουλείας αὐτῆς, παρεκλήτευσεν ἵνα πορίσηται χρυσόβουλλον τῆς βασιλείας μου καὶ ἐπιλάβηται καὶ κατέχῃ τὸ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας εἰς τὴν τοποθεσίαν τῆς Καμενικείας διακείμενον μονύδριον τὸ εἰς ὅνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ παμμάκαρος ἁγίου Νικολάου, καὶ ἐπιμεληθῇ καὶ συστήσῃ καὶ βελτιώσῃ αὐτὸ καὶ ἔχῃ ὡς ἴδιον αὐτοῦ παρ’ ὅλην αὐτοῦ τὴν ζωήν, μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἀποβίωσιν αὐτοῦ). Kallinikos obtained in 1321 one third of the village Mamitzon. In 1322 he received two plots of land near Kamenikeia from the sebastos Athanasios, who was his spiritual son (ἡμεῖς οἱ ἐνταῦθα σιγνογραφήσαντες, ἀποχαριζόμεθα οἰκείᾳ βουλῇ καὶ θελήσει πρὸς σὲ τὸν ἐν μοναχοῖς τιμιώτατον καὶ κατὰ κύριον αὐθέντην καὶ πατέρα ἡμῶν κῦρ Καλλίνικον τὰ ἐκγονικόθεν ἡμῖν περιελθόντα χωράφια, τὰ ἐν τῇ τοποθεσίᾳ τῆς Καμενικείας εὑρισκομενα ἐν δυσὶ τόποις, ἀφ’ ὧν τὸ μὲν ἕν κομμάτιον τὸ πλησίον τοῦ πρωτοψάλτου, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον κομμάτιον πλησίον τοῦ ἀποιχομένου ἐκείνου Ῥάσκομον καλουμένου, τὰ ὅσα καὶ οἱα εἰσί, καθὼς ἐνέμοντο καὶ ἐδεσπόζοντο παρ’ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἔχειν σε ἐπ’ ἐξουσίᾳ τὸν ἐν μοναχοῖς τιμιώτατων κῦρ Καλλίνικον τὸν κατὰ κύριον αὐθέντην καὶ πατέρα ἡμῶν ποιεῖν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς ὡς δόξει σοι, ἀφιερεῖσθαι ἐν τῇ σεβασμίᾳ μονῇ ἢ ἔνθα βούλει, ἡμῶν ἀποβαλλομένων τὴν τῶν εἰρημένων χωραφίων δεσποτείαν, ποιεῖν δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν συνήθη παρ’ ἡμῶν δεφενσίωνα· διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐγεγόνει καὶ τὸ παρὸν ἡμέτερον γράμμα καὶ ἐπεδόθη σοι τῷ εἰρημένῳ μοι αὐθέντῃ καὶ πατρὶ κῦρ Καλλινίκῳ εἰς βεβαίαν ἀσφάλειαν). The Metropolitan of Thessalonike granted the Monastery of Saint George Kanites in Thessalonike to Kallinikos. The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos confirmed the donation of the Metropolitan of Thessalonike in July 1323 (Ἐπεὶ ὁ ἱερώτατος μητροπολίτης Θεσσαλονίκης ἔξαρχος πάσης Θετταλίας καὶ ὑπέρτιμος δέδωκε διὰ γράμματος αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν τιμιώτατον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Καλλίνικον τὴν ἐντὸς τῆς θεοσώστου πόλεως Θεσσαλονίκης σεβασμίαν μονὴν τὴν ἐπ’ ὀνόματι τετιμημένην τοῦ ἁγίου ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ τροπαιοφόρου Γεωργίου καὶ ἐπικεκλημένην τοῦ Κανίτου μετὰ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ τῶν δικαίων αὐτῆς, προέβη δὲ εἰς τοῦτο καὶ χρυσόβουλλον τοῦ ἁγίου μου αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως τοῦ πάππου τῆς βασιλείας μου, καὶ ἐδεήθη ὁ ῥηθεὶς ἱερομόναχος κῦρ Καλλίνικος τυχεῖν καὶ χρυσοβούλλου τῆς βασιλείας μου, ἡ βασιλεία μου τὴν τοιαύτην παράκλησιν αὐτοῦ προσδεξαμένη διὰ τὸν ἀγῶνα καὶ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ τὴν σπουδήν, ἣν δεικνύει εἰς τὰς δουλείας τῆς βασιλείας ἡμῶν, καὶ διὰ τὴν εὔνοιαν καὶ τὸν ζῆλον καὶ τὴν πίστιν, ἣν τρέφει ἀκραιφνῆ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν μου, καὶ ὅτι κατανοεῖ αὐτὸν τῆς αὐτῆς μέλλοντα ἔχεσθαι καὶ ἔτι προθέσεως, τὸν παρόντα χρυσόβουλλον λόγον αὐτῆς προβῆναι εὐδοκεῖ, δι’ οὗ προστάσσει καὶ διορίζεται κατέχειν τὸν τοιοῦτον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Καλλίνικον τὴν ῥηθεῖσαν μονὴν μετὰ τῶν αὐτῇ προσόντων πάντων ἀναφαιρέτως, ἀνενοχλήτως παντάπασι καὶ ἀδιασείστως, ἐφ’ ὅρῳ τῆς αὐτοῦ βιοτῆς, καὶ ἔχειν ἄδειαν συνιστᾶν καὶ βελτιοῦν καὶ αὔξειν αὐτὴν καθὼς ἂν προαιρῆται καὶ δύνηται). He donated the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Kamenikeia near Serres to the Hilandar Monastery in October 1323. The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos confirmed his endowment in September 1327. | ||
| Kalomenь | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Attested in the chrysobull charter from 1300 issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. Mentioned also in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos from 1299/1300 for the Monastery of Saint Niketas near Skopje and in the Serbian translation of the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos from 1299/1300 (or 1308). He founded a church of Saint Ilija. He gave it to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje for the right to have a grave (I dade Kalomenь za grobь svoi crьkvь Svetago Iliju sь nivōmь, ōd puti carьskogo koi grede mimo Svety Theōdōrь i do Gornjego puti koi ide prězь brьdo do narotija putma, i ōbь sije strane brьda do kruše gornice i do smokve, ta dolu do puti do vodovažde). The Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated some fields near Lisiča to the Monastery of Saint Niketas near Skopje, which were in the vicinity of the propriety of Kalomenь (ὁμοίως περὶ τὸ ἐκεῖσε βάλτον, εἰς τόπον καλούμενον τὴν Λυσίτζιανιν, χωράφια τινὰ πλησίον τῶν δικαίων τοῦ Καλομένου). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos donated theses fields to the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos (akožde i u Blatě u Lisičahь, několikō nivija blizь pravinь Kalomenověhь). | ||
| Kantakuzenos Ioannes | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the donation deed of Pinkernissa Anna Tornikina for the Pantokrator Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos from August 1358. He was the son of the Pinkernes Demetrios Tornikes and Anna Tornikina. His brother was Andronikos. He had two sisters (Maria and Eirene) (Ἄννα πϊγκέρνισσα ἡ Τορνικίνα ἡ ἄνωθεν πρωτοτύπως προτάξασα οἰκειοχείρως σϋναινέσει καὶ ὅλη γνώμη καὶ τοῦ αὐθέντου μου τοῦ σϋζύγου μου καὶ τῶν φιλτάτων ἡμῶν παίδων Ἰωάννου Ἀνδρονίκου Μαρίας καὶ Εἰρήνης). His mother Anna Tornikina owned a domain at Beltzista in the region of Zabaltia. She became the domain as a dowry from her father. This property was in 1358 in the hands of the Serbs. She promised a half of her possession to the Pantokrator Monastery in August 1358, because their founders, Megas Stratopedarches Alexios and Megas Primikerios Ioannes, were succesfull in reconquering the land from the Serbs in the area between Christupolis and the mouth of the Strymon. Anna Tornikina expected that they could also recover her domain. Ioannes Kantakuzenos and his siblings gave Anna Tornikina the permission to donate a half of the property to the founders of the Pantokrator Monastery (Σίγνον Ιωάννου Καντακουζηνοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῶν). | ||
| Kappatos Theodoros | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Κάππατου κυροῦ Θεόδώρου). | ||
| Kapzas Begos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the ktitorial inscription in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Varoš near Prilep from 1298. He had a wife, whose name was Maria. He and his wife commisioned the construction and the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Varoš near Prilep during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (ἀνιγέρθει· ἐκ βάθρου· καὶ ἀνιστωρήθει ὁ θῆος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἀρχηεράρχων καὶ θαυματουργοῦ Νικολάου δηὰ συνδρωμῆς καὶ κόπου Βέγου τοῦ Καπζᾶ καὶ τῆς συμβήου αὐτοῦ Μαρίας· ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας Ἀνδρωνίκου τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέος καὶ αὐτωκράτωρος Ῥωμέων Κομνινοῦ τοῦ Παλαεωλόγου καὶ Ἠρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης· ἐπῒ ἔτους ςωζ μηνὴ νωεύρηο ιζ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιβ το τουτῶ...θνυτοῦ καὶ ἑτέρῶν τῶν κτήτωρων). | ||
| Karabides Georgios | Person | Nobleman | According to the Vita of Saint Nicodemus written by the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos he was a Serb. But his name does not sound like a Serbian anthroponym in any way. Either Karabides himself derived the Greek variant from the word καραβίς, which means ship, and adopted it as his name, or Kokkinos simply translated his original Serbian epithet, which actually expressed his professional activity, into Greek in order to make it more accessible to the public. Mentioned in the charter from 28 June 1336, which has been preserved in the archives of the town Dubrovnik and in the Life of Saint Nicodemus written by the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos. His son-in-law was Ioannes Liberos (Oliuer Gherchinich, baro domini Regis Raxie et gener Charauide). He came to Thessalonike from Dalmatia according to the Vita of Saint Nicodemus. Philotheos Kokkinos designates him as a deserter. He was afflicted by a terrible paralysis. He spent almos all of his fortune on doctors. Finally he was healed at the shrine of the Saint Nicodemus sometimes after 1307 (Γεώργιός τις τὸ γένος Τριβαλλός, τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν Καραβίδης, ἐκ Δαλματίας ὁρμώμενος, ἧκέ ποτε Ῥωμαίοις αὐτόμολος· οὗτος εἶχε τὰς διατριβὰς κατὰ Θεσσαλονίκην. Καί ποτε τούτῳ πάρεσις δεινὴ μάλα ἐπισκήπτει, ἣν ἄρα καὶ φύσις καὶ τέχνη ἰατρικὴ ἀπειρήκει, τὸ χαλεπὸν ταύτης, ὥσπερ οἶμαι, μυσαττομένη. Πολλὰ τοιγαροῦν καμὼν καὶ ἰατροῖς δήπου τὸν ἅπαντα βίον σχεδὸν ἀναλωκὼς οὐδὲν ἐκεῖθεν ἀπώνατο ἢ τὸ καταγνῶναι πάντως ἐκείνων. Ὀψὲ δὲ καὶ μόλις ἑαυτὸν ἀνενέγκας, ἔγνω δεῖν καὶ πρὸς τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦδε τέμενος καταφυγεῖν. Καὶ δὴ θᾶττον ἐκεῖσε γεγονὼς πολλὰ τὸν ἅγιον ἱκετεύει, ναὶ μὴν καὶ δάκρυσι, τὸ ἀνυσιμώτατον εἰς πειθὼ φάρμακον, κατὰ τῆς ἱερᾶς τοῦ ἁγίου ἐκχέει σοροῦ, καὶ τηνικαῦτα τοῦ πάθους μὲν εὐθὺς ἀπαλλάσσεται, τῷ ἰδίῳ δὲ οἴκῳ ὑγιὴς χαίρων ἐπάνεισιν). Georgios Karabides gave in pawn a silver belt, silver drawer and 195 ducats in gold to Junije Lukarević. Ioannes Liberos, the son-in-law of Georgios Karabides, stated on 28th June 1336 in the presence of Nikola Falletro, the comes of the town of Ragusa, that he received the former treasury of Karabides from Junije Lukarević. Liberos swore that he will give the treasury to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and request a charter for Junije Lukarević from the king, which will confirm the receipt of treasury and ruled out the possibility of demand by the king, Liberos or the children of Karabides (Oliuer Gherchinich, baro domini Regis Raxie et gener Charauide, constitutes ante presentiam nobilis et potentis viri domini Nicolai Falletro, honorabilis comitis Ragusii, contentus e confessus fuit habuisse et recepisse et apud se habere a Junio de Lucarom de Ragusio unam centuram de argento et unam ladicam de argento, ponderis inter ambas librarum tredecim et unciarum V, et centum nonaginta quinque ducatos de auro, que centura et ladica et ducati acomandati fuerunt per dictum Carauidam, socerum olim dicti Oliueri, eidem Junio, ut idem Junius confessus fuit. Et similiter idem Oliverius confessus fuit tantas fuisse res et ducatos, accomandatas eidem Junio per dictum Charauidam et non plures, cum infrascriptis pactis et condictionibus, uidelicet quod ipse Oliuerius teneatur et debeat predictam centuram et ladicam et ducatos dare in manibus domini Regis Raxie in presentia Petri de Ribica et Marini filii Junii de Uolcasso de Ragusio et fieri facere ab ipso Rege eidem Junio de Lucaro unam apouiliam, sigillatam suo sigillo, continentem, qualiter ipse dominus Rex uel suus successor nec frater, filii seu filia dicti Charauidi seu aliqua alia persona de dicta centura et ladica et ducatis non possint facere uel mouere aliquam litem uel questionem in regno Raxie et Slauonie seu in aliquo loco, in curia uel extra, eidem Junio). According to the later historian Mauro Orbini a certain Karabides Fratnut with Đuraš Ilijić were among the closest counsellors of the Serbian Young King Stefan Uroš Dušan. They were with the young king, when he planned to owerthrow the government of his father Stefan Uroš III Dečanski. | ||
| Kasandrenos | Person | οἰκεῖος | Mentioned in the sources from 1300 to 1335. He appears as πανσέβαστος σεβαστός and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos in the sources. He held the position of λογαριαστὴς τῆς αὐλῆς. He owned some land near Ropalia in 1300. His property near Topolobikos is mentioned in the praktikon of Demetrios Apelmene from March 1301, in the praktikon of Konstantinos Kunales, Demetrios Kontenos and the Prokathemenos Leon Kalognomos from November 1318 and in the praktikon of Konstantinos Pergamenos and Georgios Phariseos from September 1320. He was the addressee of a letter written by Michael Gabras between 1315 and 1319. His name was erased in the letter. He possessed estates in the village Chudena before 1318 (surely long before July 1334). He owned the village τοῦ Γεωργηλᾶ with the hamlet Apidea and the village τοῦ Εὐνούχου with the manor Goreantzes before March 1319. He is mentioned in the decision charter of Esaias, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the synod concerning the dispute between Sebastos Konstantinos Muzalon and Nikolaos Kephalas from April 1324. He is probably identical with the Kasandrenos, who joined on the 20th March 1326 together with Andronikos Komnenos Dukas Palaiologos Tornikes at Amphipolis the embassy from Constantinople heading to the Serbian king. He unjustly acquired the rights for fishing at Chudena and Neboliane before 1333. | ||
| Komnene Eudokia | Person | κυράKiraDominaGospogja | The last mentioned date of her appearance in the sources is the year 1395. The sources refer to her as κυρὰ, δέσποινα, before 1395. She was the daughter of Alexios III Komnenos, who was the Emperor of Trapezunt and Theodora Komnene Kantakuzene. She was married to Tāj al-Dīn (Τατζιατίνης), the Emir of Jānīk, on 8th October 1379. Her second husband was Konstantinos Dragases (Konstantin Dragaš) or the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos after 24th October 1386. Her grandson was the Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos XI Palaiologos. Michael Panaretos relates about her journey from Constantinople to the Monastery of Saint Phocas at Kordyle on 4th September 1395. On the following day she returned back to Trapezunt. Georgios Sphrantzes wrote as an argument for the marriage of the Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos XI Palaiologos with Mara Branković the fact, that also Eudokia had married a Turkish chieftain and bore him a child, before she became the wife of Konstantinos’ XI. grandfather. The problem in the account of Sphrantzes is that he does not mention if the husband of Eudokia was from the paternal or maternal side of Konstantinos. Raymond-Joseph Loenertz, Ivan Đurić, Radivoj Radić, Hristo Matanov, Mihailo Popović and Anthony Kaldellis suggest that her husband was Konstantinos Dragases, other scholars plead for the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos, who appears as the husband of Eudokia in the historical work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. | ||
| Kotanitzes Tornikios | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the sources from 1280 to 1306. He was Monk of the Peribleptos Monastery in Constantinople in 1280–1283 and monk of the Μεγίστη μονή in Prusa, 1283. He held the position of Deputy commander (ὑποστράτηγος) during his stay at the Serbian court, 1297. As an outlaw, who rebelled against the Byzantine Emperor, he joined the Serbs before 1280. In 1280 he commanded the Serbian troops and plundered the Macedonian borderland till Serres. He was captured by the Byzantines. In 1283 he fled from the Μεγίστη μονή in Prusa and sought asylum at the Serbian court. Around 1297 he together with the Serbian troops looted the border regions of Macedonia. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin handed over Kotanitzes Tornikios to Byzantines as a consequence of the peace agreement. Kotanitzes Tornikios is attested in 1306. Probably he was still in prison. According to the historian Georgios Pachymeres the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ordered to put the rebellious general Kassianos in prison together with Kotanitzes Tornikios. Gordana Tomović assumes that Kotanitzes Tornikios is the same person as the Despot Tornikos from the inscription of the gramatikь Nestorь in the Church of Saint George at Gorni Kozjak | ||
| Kyrillos | Person | Archbishop | Mentioned in the sources from June 1355 to 1379. He appears as ὑπέρτιμος or kyrь in the sources. He was the Metropolitan of Melnik (ὁ ταπεινὸς Μελενίκου καὶ ὑπέρτιμος Κύριλλος, dostolěpni i v’sečьstni prěōsvešten’ni mitropolitь bogozdan’nago grada Mel’nika). He attested the authenticity of the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. Before May 1356 he found the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik damaged. He restored the church, built a wall around it and a tower (kyrь Kirilь ō crьkvi svetago Nikoli čudotvor’ca Stožьskoga kako jestь naš’lь ōnuzi crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stož’koga porušenu, i ōnь ju jestь ōbnovilь i sьzidalь i ōšte i k’tomu pirьgь sьzidalь svoimь trudomь i ōtkupomь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed in a chrysobull in May 1356, together with his mother, the Empress Jelena-Jelisaveta, the possession of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the town of Melnik with its landed property and holdings in Psalině and Gr’dali to the Metropolitan Kirilь. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V donated also the village Smilovo to him (I za tozi uspomenutije prěōsvešten’nago ni mitropolita kyrь Kirila prije gospožda mi i mati carьstva mi carica kyra Jelisaf’ti i carьstvo mi, i darovasmo mu ōnuzi kjeliju, crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stožьs’koga i pirьgь što si estь samь zidalь sь vsěmi pravinami i s selomь što si estь drьžala tazi crьkvь, i s planinomь. I zapisa mu carьstvo mi Kondarata sь stasiōmь i s perivoljemь i s vinogradomь i s nivijemь što si estь drьžalь i prěgje u Psalině. I staьs Jullianova u Grdali na čemь jestь sědělь Svinoglavь sь v’sěmi pravinami stasi těh’zi. I ōšte se carьstvo mi zьgovori z gospoždomь caricomь materiju carьstva mi i pridados’mo selo Smilovo sь vsьmi pravinami i s megjami i sь zasel’ci kako su drьžali vlasteličiki carьstva mi v’se čisto. I ošte mu zapisa carьstvo mi vinograd Tukarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša. I kupeničije što si jestь kupilь samь mitropolitь Kyrilь i priložil pod ōnuzi crьkvь da mu něstь vol’nь nikto potvoriti). Kyrillos is mentioned in the patriarchal decree from 1379 concerning the property dispute of the Spelaion-Monastery. | ||
| Laskarina Anna | Person | κυράKiraDominaGospogja | Mentioned in the decision of the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos and the Synod from July 1365. She appears as κυρὰ in the document. Her husband held the position of ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης and therefore the document refers to her as ἐπιτραπέζαινα. She was the widow of Laskaris. She was a relative of Kontostephanos. She was the rightful owner of a richly decorated sword, which belonged earlier also to Kontostephanos. She was in dispute with the widow of Kontostephanos because of the sword. The patriarchal synod ordered Kontostephanina to offset Anna Laskarina with something of an equivalent value. | ||
| Laskaris (1) | Person | ἐπὶΤῆςΤραπέζης | Died before 1365. He held the position of ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης in April 1348. He was married to Anna Laskarina. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the former property of Laskaris in April 1348 to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of the 500 modioi large estate called Aleurun near Chrysopolis and a 150 modioi large possession also near Chrysopolis (ὡσαύτως καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λάσκαρι τοῦ επὶ τῆς τραπέζης τὴν ὀνομαζομένην Ἀλευροῦν, μοδίων οὖσαν πεντακοσίων, καὶ ἑτέραν πλησίον τοῦ κάστρου μοδίων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα). He fell in a battle before 1365. | ||
| Laskaris (2) | Person | Nobleman | Died before October 1345. He had a brother. His property is mentioned in the boundary description of the Monastery Soter Christos Gastilenkus from 1339/1342 (καὶ ἀπαγούσης εἰς τὸν κάπεστον τῆς γῆς τοῦ Λάσκαρη). He possessed a manor in the village Lenginion, three winter watermills, a paroikos in the village Melenikitzion with houses and old village Protoknetze and Belidolo. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in October 1345 his estates to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres (εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὸ Λεγγίνιον τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Λάσκαρη ἐκείνου μετὰ τοῦ ζευγηλατείου τοῦ κατεχομένου παρὰ τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῆ τριῶν χειμερινῶν ὑδρομυλώνων καὶ τοῦ εἰς τὸ χωρίον τὸ Μελενικίτζιον παροίκου καὶ τῶν οἰκημάτων καὶ τῆς ἑτέρας γῆς ἣν εἶχεν ὁ ῥηθεὶς Λάσκαρης μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν διαφόροις τόποις, καὶ τοῦ παλαιοχωρίου τοῦ λεγομένου Πρωτοκνέτζη, καὶ τοῦ Βελιδόλου καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ δύο μυλώνων καθὰ προκατείχοντο καὶ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανικλείου ἐκείνου). | ||
| Laskaris Georgios | Person | δοῦλος | He is mentioned in the donation deed of Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris for the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos from June 1374. He appears as δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos in the charter. He was the son of Makarios Laskaris Koteanitzes. His brothers were Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris and Leon Koteanitzes Laskaris. He signed the donation deed of his brother for the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos from June 1374 concerning the village of Mpresnitza near the town of Strumica. | ||
| Laskaris, Konstantinos Palaiologos | Person | δοῦλος | It is very unlikely that he was identical with Konstantinos Laskaris, who was a resident at Serres in 1377. He was the issuer of the donation deed for the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos from June 1374. The charter refers to him as κῦρ and δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos. He was the son of Makarios Laskaris Koteanitzes. His brothers were Georgios Laskaris and Leon Koteanitzes Laskaris. He inherited the village Mpresnitza near the town of Strumica from his mother. His father donated in 1364 the village Mpresnitza to the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos. The monks from the Hilandar Monastery accused his father of unlawful seizure of their land. Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris appealed the case to the patriarchal tribunal requesting to nullify the donation on account of the inalienability of the dowry. After he received a favourable decision from the patriarch, he confirmed in June 1374 the donation of the village Mpresnitza to the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos as legal (τὸ μητρόθεν μοι περιελθὸν εἰς κληρονομίαν χωρίον περὶ τὴν Στρούμπιτζαν μὲν εὐρισκόμενον, Μπρέσνιτζαν δὲ ἐπονομαζόμενον, μετὰ πάσης ἧς νῦν ἔχει νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς). | ||
| Laskaris, Leon Koteanitzes | Person | δοῦλος | He is mentioned in the donation deed of Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris for the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos from June 1374. He appears as δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos in the charter. He was the son of Makarios Laskaris Koteanitzes. His brothers were Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris and Georgios Laskaris. He signed the donation deed of his brother for the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos from June 1374 concerning the village of Mpresnitza near the town of Strumica. | ||
| Laskaris, Makarios Koteanitzes | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the two variants of the chrysobull charter confirming the donations of Hrelja to the Hilandar Monastery in the area of Štip and Strumica issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and in the decision of the Protaton on Mount Athos from December 1370. Died before 1374. He appeared as κῦρ in the decision of the Protaton on Mount Athos from December 1370. He was a monk. He was the father of Konstantinos Palaiologos Laskaris, Georgios Laskaris and Leon Koteanitzes Laskaris. He donated in 1364 the village Mpresnitza to the Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos. The monks from the Hilandar Monastery accused him of an unlawful seizure of their land (οὗ τινος δὴ χωρίου γῆ προσηνέχθη μετὰ τοῦ δηλωθέντος χρυσοβούλλου παρὰ τοῦ ἐν μοναχοῖς κῦρ Μακαρίω Λάσκαρη τοῦ Κοτεανίτζη, ὅπερ μετὰ δολιότητος διὰ τὸ κλαπῆναι καὶ τὸ χρυσόβουλλον παρὰ τῶν δηλωθέντων Ῥωσῶν, καὶ συναρπαγεῖς ὁ Λάσκαρις ἐξέδοτο καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ τοιοῦτος τόπος). They insisted on their claim on the grounds of a chrysobull granted to their monastery. The Protaton on Mount Athos gathered in December 1370 at the behest of the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) ruled the dispute over the village of Mpresnitza in favour of the Hilandar Monastery. Makarios Koteanitzes Laskaris probably possessed also the village of Sekirnik and a parcel of land (Selište Sekir’nik i komat zemlje što jestь drьžalь Laskarь Kotanicь/Selo Sěkir’nykь i zem’lja što jestь drьžalь Laskarь Kotanicь). | ||
| Lyzikos Georgios | Person | Archon | Died in 1351. He was a commandant of the soldiers at the acropolis in Thessalonike, 1328. He held the position of the governor of Edessa (Vodena), 1350–1351 (Λυζικὸς δὲ ὁ τῆς πόλεως ἄρχων). He came from Beroia. He defended the acropolis of Thessalonike against Andronikos III Palaiologos, just after the Byzantine Emperor had conquered the town. His soldiers forced him to handover the acropolis of Thessalonike to Andronikos III Palaiologos. He deafeated the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan at Kastoria. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos appointed him 1350 as governor of the town Edessa (Vodena), which was captured by the Byzantine army recently. He was injured in Edessa (Vodena) during the Serbian invasion of the town. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan let Lyzikos’ beard to pull out as an act of revenge. Lyzikos was sent in chains to Skopje. He died on the way. | ||
| Makrodukas | Person | Archon | Mentioned for the year 1350/1351 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He was the commander of the garrison at Edessa (Vodena), 1350/1351 . The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan released him for the promise to lay down his arms, after the conquest of the town Edessa (Vodena) in 1350/1351 (ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ἡ ἄκρα εἴχετο, τὴν μὲν φρουρὰν καὶ Μακροδούκαν τὸν ἄρχοντα ἀπέλυεν ὁ Κράλης κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, τὰ ὅπλα μόνον ἀφελόμενος). | ||
| Margarites Ioannes | Person | οἰκεῖος | Attested in the sources between 1342 and 1372/1373. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos and of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He held the position of the Megas Hetaireiarches in 1348. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna and of a zeugelateion, which belonged to Kantakuzenos, near Zichna. He became these estates with the revenue of 55 hyperpyra and was fully exempted from paying taxes (κῦρ Ἰωάννην τὸν Μαργαρίτην ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα καὶ τὰς Σέῤῥας ἀφαιρεθείσης ἀρτίως οἰκονομίας παρὰ τοῦ Τζαμπλάκωνος κυροῦ Ἀρσενίου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα διακειμένου ζευγηλατείου τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ, ποσότητα ὑπερπύρων πεντήκοντα πέντε, καὶ κατέχῃ καὶ νέμηται ταύτην ἐλευθέραν πάντη καὶ ἀκαταδούλωτον). The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου ὁ Μαργαρίτης κέκτηται δι’ ἀπογραφικῶν ἀποδείξεων τοῦ τε οἰκείου τῆς βασιλείας μου μεγάλου χαρτουλαρίου κυροῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βατάτζη, καὶ τοῦ πανσεβάστου σεβαστοῦ οἰκείου τῆ βασιλεία μου ὀρφανοτρόφου κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου [ ] εἴς τε τὸ χωρίον τὴν Κάτω Οὔσκαν καὶ τὴν Ῥάχοβαν ἀπό τε Τζάκω[ ] ὑποστάσεων καὶ δημοσιακῶν γῆν τινα καὶ ἀμπέλια). Ioannes Margarites granted his land at Kato Uska to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Ioannes Margarites in the chrysobull charter, which was issued in October 1345. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment of Ioannes Margarites to the Batopedi Monastery in April 1348. It consisted of a property near the village Dratzoba, land in the vicinity of Mikra Neboliane, a property in the town of Kaisaropolis, a piece of land not far from the town Chrysupolis, house and a church in the town Chrysopolis (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου μέγας εταιρειάρχῃς κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Μαργαρίτης δι’ τῆς βασιλείας μου ὅσον ἐκέκτητο περὶ Δράτζοβαν τὸ χωρίον καὶ γῆν εἰς τὴν Μικρὰν Νεβόλιανιν καὶ ὅσον εἶχεν εἰς τὴν Καισσαρόπολιν ἅτινα προκατεῖχε διὰ χρυσοβούλλου τῆς βασιλείας μου, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ὀσπήτιν). He became a monk in the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. He probably requested a firman from the Ottoman Sultan. The Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres obtained the charter from Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1372/1373. The monastery is mentioned in the charter as the church of Margaritis. | ||
| Maria (2) | Person | κτητόρισσα/Ktitorica | Mentioned in the ktitorial inscription in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Varoš near Prilep from 1298. She had a husband, whose name was Begos Kapzas. She and her husband commisioned the construction and the fresco decoration of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Varoš near Prilep during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (ἀνιγέρθει· ἐκ βάθρου· καὶ ἀνιστωρήθει ὁ θῆος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἀρχηεράρχων καὶ θαυματουργοῦ Νικολάου δηὰ συνδρωμῆς καὶ κόπου Βέγου τοῦ Καπζᾶ καὶ τῆς συμβήου αὐτοῦ Μαρίας· ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας Ἀνδρωνίκου τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέος καὶ αὐτωκράτωρος Ῥωμέων Κομνινοῦ τοῦ Παλαεωλόγου καὶ Ἠρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης· ἐπῒ ἔτους ςωζ μηνὴ νωεύρηο ιζ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιβ το τουτῶ...θνυτοῦ καὶ ἑτέρῶν τῶν κτήτωρων). | ||
| Maurophoros Michael | Person | οἰκεῖος | Mentioned in the sources between 1327 and 1356. He appears between 1327 and 1335 as οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and in 1348 as οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He held the position of the κριτὴς τοῦ φοσσάτου (military judge), before 1348. He is attested as a military judge in Serres between 1327 and 1335. He was a Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos supporter in the civil war. He possessed а 300 modioi large land near Neboliane called Harmenon. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos confiscated his land in November 1344 for the sake of treachery and gave it to the stratopedarches Ioannes Chumnos (καὶ τὴν Νεβόλιανιν τὴν καλουμένην Ἅρμενον, ἅπερ προκατεῖχεν ὁ ἄπιστος Μαυροφόρος). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan granted in April 1348 the endowment of Michael Maurophoros to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of his wife’s dowry, his hereditary land and of bought estates. Michael Maurophoros donated along these lands also houses in Zichna, vineyards, fields outside the town, summer residence in Gradistion with garden and houses, which he became from the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos, to the Batopedi Monastery (ὁμοίως καὶ ὅσα ἀφιέρωσεν ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου κριτὴς τοῦ φοσσάτου ὁ Μαυροφόρος ἀπὸ τε προικὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ γονικότητος καὶ ἐξ ἀγορασίας, τά τε ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ὀσπήτια καὶ ἐκτός, ἀμπέλια καὶ χωράφια, μετὰ παντὸς τοῦ εἰς τὸ Γραδίστον καθίσματος, τοῦ περιβολίου καὶ τῶν οἰκημάτων καὶ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ χωράφια ἅπερ εἶχε διὰ χρυσοβούλλου). The chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos from September 1356 gives account that Michael Maurophoros bestowed more property on the Batopedi Monastery. He granted the Metochion of Saint Nicholas near Zichna (Χωρίον Ἁγίου Νικολάου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ, ὅπερ δέδωκεν ὁ Μαυροφόρος), a zeugelateion (Τὸ ἐκεῖσε ζευγηλατεῖον τὸ ἀφιερωθὲν παρὰ τοῦ Μαυροφόρου καὶ καλούμενον) and a landed property near Drymon called Konchista (τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Μαυροφόρου ῃ Κογχίστα λεγόμενον) to the Batopedi Monastery. | ||
| Maurozumes Angelos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the charter of Despot of Ioannina Thomas Komnenos Preljubović (Prelumpos) and his wife Maria Angelina Komnene Palaiologina for the Lavra Monastery from 1375. He deceased probably before 1375. The Despot of Ioannina Thomas Komnenos Preljubović (Prelumpos) and his wife Maria Angelina Komnene Palaiologina donated in 1375 the Monastery Theotokos Gaballiotisa in Edessa (Vodena) founded by them to the Lavra Monastery with all its possessions and inventory. These included a property in Hagia Paraskeue, which was erected by Angelos Maurozumes (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ εἰς τὴν Ἁγίαν Παρασκευὴν τὸ ὅσον ἐπροσεθήκαμεν ἡμεῖς καὶ ὅσον ἀνέθεσεν ὁ Μαυροζούμης ὁ Ἄγγελος) and a vineyard in Nesopulon, which was donated by Angelos Maurozumes (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον, ὅπερ ἐχαρίσατο πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ αὐτὸς Μαυροζούμης ὁ Ἄγγελος τὸν τόπον). | ||
| Merkurios Manuel | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Μερκουρίου κυροῦ Μανουὴλ). | ||
| Misinopolites (Demetrios) | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the first (1334/1336), second and third charter (1343/1345) of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Monastery of Treskavec. At his disposal was a nearly 9 hectare large estate, which lay – according to the context of the charter – in the vicinity of the estates of the Byzantine emperor and was sold by Misinopolites to the Monastery of Treskavec at an unknown date (kupenica ōtь Misinopolita u carevě zevьgelatii, kьblomь .r.). He was the donor of the Church of St. Demetrius in the east of the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). He sponsored the renovation and the painted decoration of this church. It is uncertain, whether the preserved portrait of the donor in the church itself and the donor inscription [δέ(ησις) τοῦ δού[λου] τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Μησηνοπολήτου καὶ κτήτορ(ος) τοῦ ναοῦ] in the southern aisle of the western part of the church attest the Misinopolites or his son. | ||
| Mperiboes | Person | Kefalija/Κεφαλή | Mentioned in the decision of the ecclesiastical court of Zichna from November 1378. He was the head (κεφαλή) of the place called Μαῦρον ὄρος near Zichna. He had a brother. He and his brother attended the ecclesiastical court presided over by the Metropolitan of Zichna. The court ruled in November 1378 the conflict over the mill at Chantax in favour of the Hilandar Monastery (ἡ τοῦ Μαύρου ὄρους ὁ Μπερίβοης καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ). | ||
| Mpraianes | Person | Nobleman | It is doubtful whether he is the same person as Župan Petar Brajan, who founded the Church Bela Crkva in Karan near Užice between the years 1340 and 1342 (Gospodi bože...raba blagorodivogь ktitora petra a zovomь župana braiana i sь podružiemь si sь struōmь i sь čedi svoimi). Mentioned for the year 1350 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He was the Governor of the town Chrysupolis (Amphipolis), summer 1350. He was a friend of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He promised to persuade other acquitances of emperor willing to support military aid to Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos (καὶ τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην ὡρμίσατο ἐπ’ ἀγκυρῶν Ἀμφιπόλεως ἐγγὺς ὑπὸ Τριβαλῶν κατεχομένης. ἧς ἐπετρόπευε Μπραϊάνης, βασιλεῖ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα φίλος ὢν ἐκ τῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς διατριβῆς· πρὸς ὃν ἀκατίου ἐπιβὰς νυκτὸς, ἀφίκετο εἰς Ἀμφίπολιν ὁ βασιλεὺς κρύφα καὶ διειλέχθη. ὁ δὲ τά τε πρὸς αὐτὸν εὖ διέθετο βασιλεῖ ἐπαγγειλάμενος πάντα ποιήσειν κατὰ γνώμην, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις βασιλέως φίλοις ὑπέσχετο διαλεχθήσεσθαι, ἵν’ ἐν καιρῷ προσήκοντι χρήσιμοι ὀφθεῖεν βασιλεῖ). | ||
| Musachi, Andrea II | Person | despot/Δεσπότης | He died before 1373, probably in 1372. The title Despotus regni Albania was bestowed upon him by Louis, the brother of Charles, the Duke of Durazzo (Durrës) on 30th December 1336. His title was confirmed by the Sicilian King Robert of Anjou on 18th July 1337. Sevastocrator. He appears as marescallus (marshal) in the Papal letter from June 1317. His father was Theodor I Musachi. He was married to Etinia, the daughter of Paolo Matarango. Andrea II Musachi was the father of Theodor II Musachi (Theodoros Muzakes), Ghin I Musachi (Amirales Myrsioannes), Stoja Musachi (Stoias), Anna (Kiranna) and Comita. He was an offspring of the noble family Musachi. He controlled the plain in the western Lowlands of Albania called Myseqe. The Historia della casa Musachia records, that he defeated the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan or Blukasinos (Vukašin) at the Pelister Mountain. The Byzantine Emperor gave him the title Despot of Epirus with a golden seal as a reward for his victory over the Serbian king (il titolo de Despoto d’Epiro con privilegio con lo sigillo d’oro, et anco l’invio una sedia despotale, nella quale era de perle racamata detta insegna dell’aquila). He captured the town Kastoria from the Serbian King Marko (Markos). He was buried in the Church of Saint Anthony located at Rodon Cape near Durrës. | ||
| Nisьtefilь | Person | Mentioned in the second charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Monastery of Treskavec. He possessed a property near the courtyard of Janěcь Konьcinь probably in the town of Prilep. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the courtyard of Janěcь Konьcinь to the Treskavec Monastery (Dvorište Janěca Konьcina blizь Hanьdaka i Nisьtefila). | |||
| Perdikes Ioannes | Person | prokathemenos/Προκαθήμενος | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. The charter refers to him as a κύρος. He held the position of Prokathemenos of Melnik (τοῦ πρωκαθημένου κυροῦ Ἰωἄννου τοῦ Περδίκη). He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik. | ||
| Pharmakes | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Esphigmenu Monastery from December 1347. He owned one-third of the village Krusobos with the place called Bysina, which was previously in the possession of the Esphigmenu Monastery and taken away from the monks in the course of a cadastral survey. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan returned the properties of Pharmakes to the monks of the Esphigmenu Monastery in December 1347 (μετόχιον τὸ λεγόμενον Κρόσουβον μετὰ πάσης τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἑτέρων πάντων δικαίων καὶ προνομίων αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν παροίκων, χωραφίων, ἀμπελώνων καὶ τοῦ ὑδρομυλικοῦ ἐργαστηρίου, προαπεσπάσθησαν δὲ δι’ ἀπογραφικῆς καταστάσεως αἱ δύο μερίδες τοῦ τοιούτου χωρίου καὶ ἐδόθησαν ἡ μὲν μία μερὶς τῶ Γαβριηλοπούλω ἐκείνω, ἡ δὲ ἐτέρα τῶ Φαρμάκη μετὰ καὶ τῆς Βυσινᾶς). | ||
| Photeinos Ioannes | Person | Priest | Identical with Photinos? Mentioned in the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. He was a Priest and a Hieromnemon of the Holy Metropolitan of Melnik. He attested the authenticity of the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik (ὁ ἱερομνημων τῆς ἁγιωτάτης μητροπόλεως Μελενίκου Ἰωάννης ἱερεὺς ὁ Φοτινός). | ||
| Po[lites?] Makarios | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the inscription from 1288/1289 on the door lintel of the esonarthex in the Church of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik. He appears as a κύρος in the inscription. He was a monk. He erected the Monastery Church of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik. He was also responsible for the fresco decoration of the interior of the church (ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρου καὶ ἀνιστορίθη ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τῆς πανάγνου Θεομήτορος τῆς Παντανάσης διὰ συνδρομῆς καὶ ἐξόδου κηροῦ μοναχοῦ Μακαρίου τοῦ Πο[...] ἐπὶ τῆ ποληχρονοίο χαρᾶ τοῦ κρατεοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου μεγάλου βασιλέος Ἀνδρονίκου καὶ αὐτοκράτορος Κομνηνοῦ τοῦ Παλεολόγου καὶ Ήρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης ἔτους ςψϛζ ἐντικτιῶνος β). | ||
| Pontikas Georgios | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Πόντικα κυροῦ Γεωργίου). | ||
| Pontikas Xenos | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Πόντικα κυροῦ Ξένου). | ||
| Radochnas Nikolaos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Died on 3th December 1399. He appears as κῦρ in the sources. He was the Monk of the Hilandar Monastery (I vьz’ljubi žiti vь domu Svetyje Bogorodice Hilan’dar’skye, eže jestь novaa lavra). He was later Monk of the Saint Paul Monastery on Mount Athos. He was the eldest son of Prankos Mladenes. He had two brothers (Vuk Branković [Bulkos], Grьgurь) and a sister (Theodora). His wife, Helena (Elene), was the sister of Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis). She and their two daughters died between 1358 and 1364 (Ἐκοιμήθη ἡ περιπόθητος αὐταδέλφη τοῦ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου κῦρ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Οὔγκλεση κυρὰ Ἐλένη, ἡ ὁμόζυγου τοῦ εὐγενεστάτου κῦρ Νικολάου τοῦ Ραδόχνα. Συνετάφησαν δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ αἱ φίλτατοι αὐτῆς δύο θυγατέρες). He founded the chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas between 1358 and 1364, which was situated on the upper floor of the Katholikon of the Saint John Prodromos Monastery near Serres. He donated the patrimonial church of Saint Archangel with three villages Trstenik, Bežanići, Tušilo and the selište Hudine, which was granted by the Serbian Emperor to his father Branko, to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed the endowment of Radonja/Roman (Nikolaos Radochnas) on 11th March 1365 in a chrysobull charter (I kako prihodi kь carьstvu mi v’sečьstni starьcь Svetije Gori Athona, Romanь, synь sěvastokratora Bran’ka, i uspomenu carьstvu mi kako se jestь zgovorilь svoimь bratōmь Grьguromь i Vlьkōmь, i kako da prilože ōdь svoje baštine crьkvi svetoi Bogorodici hilandarskoi, i za uspomenutije v’sčьsthenoga star’ca Romana svoōm bratiōmь darova mu carьstvo mi crьkovь baštinu a svetago arьhangela s trьmi seli: s Trьstěnikomь i z Běžaniki i s Tušilōmь i selištemь, što jestь dalo bilo carьstvo mi sěvastokratoru Bran’ku s Hudinami ō česa jestь žitěje u Bugare poběglь, a pod crьkovь svetu Bogorodicu hilandar’sku). His brothers gave him the permission to donate the patrimonial church of Saint Archangel with three villages Trstenik, Bežanići, Tušilo and the selište Hudine to the Hilandar Monastery (Togda myi za egovo slad’ko bratoljubïe vьsesrьdьčno i ljubovno prijesmo za egovo hotěnïe i za pomoljenïe bratьsko i priložismo crьkvь svetago Arhaggela i sь selomь Trьstenikomь i sь vsakomь pravinomь crьkve tezi i sela toga i s měgjami sь ōttěsy i s Tušiljemь. I selište Hudin’ce sь megjami i sь vsěmь oprav’danïem ihь prosto rekь sь vsěmь oprav’danïemь što e bylь gospodinь i roditelь našь sevastokratorь priložilь crьkvy toizi. I ešte velikuju ego vьspomenuv’še bratoljubnuju i vsesrьdьčnuju ljubovь. Paky i za egovo umoljennïe priložismo gospodinu i otьcu našemu Rōmanu selo Bežanikje sь vsěmi megjami sela togo). He together with Antonije Bagaš (Antonios Pagases) bought probably before 1366 a ruined monastery complex on Mount Athos dedicated to Saint Paul. The Monastery of Xeropotamu allowed them to restore and found it. The monks of the Xeropotamu Monastery demanded after a few years their former property back. Matthaios, the patriarch of Constantinople, tried to reconcile both monasteries in dispute by issuing a sigillion. The sigillion of Matthaios from October 1403 mentions also Gerasim (Gerasimos) as one of the founders of the Saint Paul Monastery. He was a benefactor of the Kutlumus Monastery on the Mount Athos since 1370. He was in the group of the monks from the Hilandar Monastery, which came to the court of Stefan Lazarević between 1392 and 1396 (I kako prïhōdi kь mně izь Hilandara čьstiěiši vь inōkōhь starьcь kyrь Gjerasimь). The monks requested the donation of the Church of the Presentation of Mary at Ibar, which was a former patrimonial possession of Obrad Dragosaljić, to the Hilandar Monastery. He transferred the body of his deceased brother Vuk Branković [Bulkos] on Mount Athos in 1397. | ||
| Raiko | Person | οἰκεῖος | Maybe identical with the nephew of Momčilo, who was let in to the town of Peritheorion with 50 soldiers by its inhabitants in 1345. Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, which was issued between September and December 1345. He appears as οἰκεῖος of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the prostagma charter. He held the position of kephale (governor) of Trilision and Brontu, 1345. Rajko was asked by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to not collect the toll from the 25 nomismata intented for Kyprianos, the Bishop of Pheremai. Rajko should also bring the prostagma, which was issued on this occasion between September and December 1345, to Kyprianos. | ||
| Sguros Progonos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the painted inscription over the west door of the narthex of the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ōhrid (now Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon) from 1294/1295. He appears as a κῦρ in the inscription. He held the position of Megas hetaireiarches, 1294–1295. Progonos Sguros was of noble Albanian background. He belonged with all probability to the family of Scura (Sgura). His wife was Eudokia. He was the son-in-law of the Byzantine Emperor (probably Michael VIII Palaiologos). According to the painted inscription over the west door of the narthex from 1294/1295 he commisioned together with his wife Eudokia Komnene the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ōhrid (now Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon), at that time under Byzantine rule. He was holding the rank of megas hetaireiarches and was through his wife related to the family of Byzantine emperor (Ἀνηγέρθει ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς οὗτος τῆς πανυπεράγνου δέσποινης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου τῆς περιβλέπτου διά τε συνδρομῆς καὶ ἐξόδου κυροῦ Προγόνου τοῦ Σγουροῦ τοῦ μεγάλου ἑταιρειάρχου καὶ τῆς συζύγου αὐτοῦ κυρὰς Εὐδοκίας καὶ γαμβροῦ τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐτοκράτορος καὶ βασιλέως· ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέος καὶ αὐτοκράτωρος Ῥωμαίων Ἀνδρονίκου τοῦ Παλαιολόγου· καὶ Εἰρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης· ἀρχιερατεύοντος δὲ Μακαρίου τοῦ παναγιωτάτου ἀρχιεπισκόπου τῆς Πρότης Ἰουστινιανῆς καὶ πάσης Βουλγαρίας· ἐπὶ ἔτους· ϛ ω γ ἰνδικτιῶνος η). An epigram embroidered on an altar cloth in the thirteenth or fourteenth century and now kept in the National Historical Museum at Sofia seems to be a gift of the famous megas hetaireiarches and his wife (Δῶρόν σοι κλεινὸς μέγας ἑταιρειάρχης/ τύπον σῆς σταυρώσεως ἀνατυπῶ σοι/ ἐκ τῆς δοκούσης τάχα τιμίας ὕλης/ σὺν Εὐδοκίᾳ τῇ ὁμοζύγῳ, Λόγε,/ οὔσῃ Κομνηνῇ μητροπαπποπατρόθεν/ ἵνα λύσιν λάβωμεν ἀμπλακημάτων). | ||
| Siderofai Laskarь | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the two variants of the chrysobull charter confirming the donations of Hrelja to the Hilandar Monastery in the area of Štip and Strumica issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, in the Charter of Danilь, the Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica, and Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska from 1375/1376 and in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš and their mother Evdokija for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos from 1376/1377. He was a pronoiarios. He possessed along with Tutko Asanь the settlement site Štuka and a parcel of land. In the second variant of the inauthentic chrysobull charter is the land held by Laskarь Siderofai and Tutko Asanь described only as neighbouring the village Sekirnik (Selište Štuka i komatь zemlje što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьscïi Tut’ko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sekir’nika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta/ i zemlju što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьsci Tutko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sěkir’nika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta). A land near Strumica, the church of the priest Simona Prьkja and an area in its vicinity, which belonged to Laskarь Siderofai and Tutko Asanь, were the subject of a land dispute between the Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. An arbitration-comitee was summoned at the behest of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš to resolve the conflict. Danilь, Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica, Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska, and Stanko, the Pristav of the governor of Strumica, deliminated the boundary between both litigants in the presence of witnesses (o zemli konь Strumice i crkvi popa Simona Prьkje i zemli Laskara Siderofaga i Tutkově). According to the charter of the bishops a gathering of noblemen and people witnessed in the time of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan that the land of Tutko Asanь and Laskarь Siderofai did not extend as far as the village of Mokrievo and Mokrani (Tokožde i za zemlju Laskara Siderofaga i Tutkovu – ně bila u grьčkje d’ni s Makrijevom ni s Mokrani, i pri cari Stefaně znamo: uze gusa konje careve i ljudi izbiše, i posla carь da plati okolina priselicu, i izide okolina vsa, vlastele i hora, i rekoše prěd gospodinom caremь Stepanom: ničija od nasь zemlja ně, tьkmo Hilandarska, i dalь ju je Hrelia kjesarь Hilandaru, i imaju siju u hrisvuli cara Stepana). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrievo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords and the land of Tutko and Siderofaiev to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Makrijevo sinoromь, sь planinomь, zь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, s voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipurijami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, zь brodovi, i zemlju Tutkovu i zemlju Sideropsajevu). | ||
| Tehoslaba (Tihoslava) | Person | κτητόρισσα/Ktitorica | Mentioned in the Greek inscription on the wall in the Church of Saint George in Gorni Kozjak. Her wall painting can be dated around 1340. Her husband was Georgios. She had a son. She is portrayed on the western wall of the narthex in the Church of Saint George in Chonuche (Gorni Kozjak). The greek ktitorial inscription has been preserved between the painting of her husband Georgios and the depiction of her son. According to the proposed reconstruction it attests that Tehoslaba (Tihoslava) was the founder of the church (ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΚΕ Η ΣΙΝΕΥΝΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΤΗΧΟΣΛΑΒΑΣ ΚΤΗΤΟΡΙΣΑΣ). | ||
| Tetragonites Ioannes | Person | Archon | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He was an archon. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στρατιότικῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ Τετραγωνίτου κυροῦ Ἰωἄννου). | ||
| Theophylaktos Ioannes | Person | ἄρχων | Mentioned in the Chronicle of Ioannina under the year 1379. He appears as ἔντιμος in the chronicle. He was an ἄρχων in Kastoria, 1379. He probably worked as an author (?). He came along with Chontetzes in 1379 to request Toma Preljubović (Θωμᾶς Πρέλουμπος) to take in possession the town of Serbia. Toma Preljubović imprisoned him in order to demand ransom for him (Τὸν αὐτὸν ἤδη χρόνον, Κυριακῇ πρὸ τῆς Χριστοῦ γεννήσεως, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τὰ μέρη τῆς Καστορίας τῶν ἐντίμων ἀρχόντων ὁ θεωρίᾳ καὶ πράξει χαριτώνυμος Θεοφύλακτος, καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὁ Χοντέτζης λεγόμενος· έζήτουν δὲ αὐτὸν αὐθέντην καὶ ἡγεμόνα τοῦ κάστρου Σερβίων. Αὐτὸς δέ, κυριευόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς φιλαργυρίας, ἐν τῇ φρουρᾷ αὐτοὺς). Ioannes Theophylaktos is likely an author of a canon on the Saint Arsenios from Kerkyra. | ||
| Tolisthlabos | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned for the year 1350 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He was a commander of the Serbian military troops and governor of towns. He defected in 1350 along with Radoslabos Chlapenos from the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes Kantakuzenos (ἧκον δὲ καὶ αὐτόμολοι δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν· ὧν ἅτερος τῶν μάλιστα ἦν ἐπιφανῶν, κατὰ γένος προσήκων Κράλῃ, Χλάπαινος ὠνομασμένος, στρατιάν τε ἔχων ὑφ’ ἑαυτὸν οὐκ εὐκαταφρόνητον καὶ πολλὴν περιουσίαν· ὁ λοιπὸς δὲ οὐ τῶν πάνυ περιδόξων ἦν, πλὴν κἀκεῖνος ἀρχάς τε πόλεων ἐγκεχειρισμένος καὶ στρατοπέδων ἡγεμονίας, ὄνομα Τολίσθλαβος). | ||
| Tornikes Demetrios | Person | δοῦλος | Probably identical with the unnamed pinkernes, against who the secret organisation was plotting. Seems to be the same person as Pinkernes Tornikes, who appears in the charter of property confirmation issued by Paulos, the Metropolitan of Zichna, and the ecclessiastical court for the Hilandar Monastery in the case of the watermill at Chantax from November 1378. Mentioned in the donation deed of Pinkernissa Anna Tornikina for the Pantokrator Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos from August 1358. He is attested as δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos. He held the position of Pinkernes in 1358. Married to Anna Tornikina. His offsprings were Ioannes Kantakuzenos, Andronikos Tornikes, Maria Tornikina and Eirene Tornikina. He signed the donation deed of his wife for the Pantokrator Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos from August 1358. He resided at that time probably in Constantinople. | ||
| Tornikes, Andronikos Komnenos Dukas Palaiologos | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | He died on 3th July of an unknown year before the Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Holy Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople was written. It was surely after 1327. He appears as a κῦρ in the sources. He held the position of a Parakoimomenos. He was the son of Maria Tornikina Palaiologina and Isaakios Tornikes. His wife was probably the Parakoimomene Tornikina. He was the son-in-law of the Megas Papias Alexios Tzamplakon. He along with ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατοῦ Jean de Gibelet (Τζουϊὰν ντὲ Ζιπλέτ) was sent in July 1325 by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos to the House of Savoy. They had the task to seek the hand of Anna of Savoy for Andronikos III Palaiologos. He joined on the 20th March 1326 together with Kasandrenos at Amphipolis the embassy from Constantinople heading to the Serbian king. In 1327 he was decreed by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos to control the resettlement of the 2000 Cumans from Thrace to the islands of Lemnos, Thasos and Imbros. He donated 500 Hyperpera and a silver lamp to the Convent of the Holy Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople for the sake of his commemoration. He died of consumption. | ||
| Tornikina Anna | Person | Nobleman | Issuer of the donation deed for the Pantokrator Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos from August 1358. She was married to the Pinkernes Demetrios Tornikes and therefore held the title of Pinkernissa. She was probably the daughter of Parakoimomenos Andronikos Kantakuzenos. Her offsprings were Ioannes Kantakuzenos, Andronikos Tornikes, Maria Tornikina and Eirene Tornikina. She owned a domain at Beltzista in the region of Zabaltia. She became the domain as a dowry from her father. This property was in 1358 in the hands of the Serbs. She promised a half of her possession to the Pantokrator Monastery in August 1358, because their founders, Megas Stratopedarches Alexios and Megas Primikerios Ioannes, were succesfull in reconquering the land from the Serbs in the area between Christupolis and the mouth of the Strymon. Anna Tornikina expected that they could also recover her domain. | ||
| Treatzos | Person | κτήτωρ/Κτίτωρ/Ktitorь | Mentioned in the charter of Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, for the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik from May 1371. He donated a vineyard in Malesta to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἀμπέλιον, ὅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ Τρεάτζος τῷ μονυδρίῳ περὶ τὸν τόπον εὑρισκόμενον τὸν καλούμενον Μάλεσταν). | ||
| Tzamplakon Arsenios | Person | δοῦλος | Died probably before August 1362. He is mentioned as κῦρ, δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources.He held the position of μέγας παπίας, 1333–1342 and 1352. He is attested as an apographeus (fiscal official) of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos in 1349 and as archon at Didymoteichon in 1352. He was a monk. Probably the son of μέγας παπίας Alexios Tzamplakon. He was the brother of Asomatianos Tzamplakon, Demetrios Tzamplakon and Tornikina. His sons were Michael Kaballarios Tzamplakon and Alexios Kaballarios Tzamplakon. He was the συμπένθερος of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He accused in the early summer of the year 1333 at Chalkidike Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes of a high treason before the Emperor Andronikos III. Palaiologos. He came to Constantinople in order to attend the trial with Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes. He authenticated the deed of sale of the protostrator Theodoros Dukas Palaiologos Komnenos Synadenos in December 1333. He was sent in 1342 together with Konstantinos Palaiologos by Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He was together with Konstantinos Palaiologos taken into custody by a certain Tzimpanos. Tzimpanos turned Arsenios Tzamplakon in to Alexios Apokaukos in Thessalonike. Arsenios Tzamplakon was insulted by the mob of Thessalonike as the patriarch of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was arrested and his possession was confiscated. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna. The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the former property of Arsenios Tzamplakon, which was inside the town of Chrysopolis, to the Batopedi Monastery. He drew up before December 1349 the inventory of the property of the Monastery Theotokos Psychosostria in Constantinople, which was used for chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. After 1355 he was residing in the Batopedi Monastery as a monk. He bequeathed in February 1355 his patrimonial estate in Prinarion with als its area and rights, dependent peasants, abandoned land, vineyards, mills, uncultivated land and pasture, a part of land in Vela, winter pasture in Thermopotamos, annual fair of Saint Symeon in Vela and the fortification called Slanesion/Sthlanesion to the Batopedi Monastery. In May 1356 he added houses and the Church of Holy Mother of God Kamariotissa in the Kataphyge quarter at Thessalonike, his part of the patrimonial land in the mouth of the river Galikos including salty soil, some dikaia near the sea till Chenaru and a tower to the endowment, which he donated before to the Batopedi Monastery. | ||
| Tzykalas Basileios | Person | κῦρ/Kirь | Mentioned in the deed of sale from 1344. He is referred to as κύρος in the charter. He appeared as a witness in the case of the sale transaction between Demetrios Dukas Sulumpertes and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Melnik (τοῦ Τζυκαλᾶ κυροῦ Βασιλεῖου). | ||
| Ōduevikь Theōdorь | Person | Nobleman | Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) for the Monastery of Kutlumus from April 1369. The Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) donated the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi). |